Preamble, PFP Bylaws

The Peace and Freedom Party is an open, multi-tendency, movement-oriented socialist party. We are united in our common commitment to socialism, democracy, feminism and unionism and our common opposition to capitalism, imperialism, racism, sexism and elitism.

These by-laws do not define socialism, nor do they identify the strategies and tactics of how to achieve socialism. We agree that socialism is necessary and that it will open up a democratic decision-making process for appropriate use of resources and distribution of labor.

The Partisan (1994-2009)

The Partisan was the newspaper published by the Peace And Freedom Party State Central Committee and was published regularly from 1994 to 2009.

Who's Online

California’s primary in Election 2020 has been moved well up in the calendar from its more traditional June slot, and this has concomitantly moved up most other key dates and deadlines for candidate filing on the electoral calendar.

Peace and Freedom Party provides below a list of dates that prospective candidates will need to mark on their calendars; stay vigilant because election season is much closer than you may think...

Description of Event

Deadline

Signatures-In-Lieu of Filing Fee Period for Voter Nominated Offices (In 2020, State Assembly, State Senate, and United State House of Representatives)

Sept 12 - Nov 6, 2019

Candidate Statement Period for State Voter Information Guide; statements cost candidates $25 a word. or $6,250 for a 250-word statement (U.S. Senate and Constitutional Offices - None in 2020)

Oct 24 - Nov 13, 2019

Declaration of Candidacy and Nomination Paper Period (In 2020, State Assembly, State Senate, United States House of Representatives, and State/County Central Committees.)

Signatures-In-Lieu of Filing Fee collected between September 12 and November 6, 2019 shall be counted towards Nomination Signatures and if signatures-in-lieu petition contain enough valid signatures a candidate may request that they be accepted instead of filing nomination signatures. There is no filing fee to run for State/County Central Committees.

Nov 11* - Dec 6, 2019

Candidate Statement Period for County Voter Information Guides for 2020 Presidential Primary. (U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate, and State Assembly only)

Nov 11* - Dec 6, 2019

Randomized Alphabet Drawing

Dec 12, 2019

Notice to Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices

Dec 21, 2019*

Certified List of Candidates

Dec 26, 2019

Statement of Write-In Candidacy and Nomination Paper Period for Voter-Nominated Offices (In 2020 State Assembly, State Senate, and United State House of Representatives) There is no filing fee to run as a qualified write-in candidate.

Jan 6 - Feb 18, 2020

Certified List of Write-In Candidates

Feb 21, 2020

Presidential Primary Election

Mar 3, 2020

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Voter Registration

In California, voter registration is very important to political parties. The very existence of a political party as "ballot-qualified" is determined by the number of votes its statewide candidates receive or by the number of voters registered with the party. As the only feminist socialist political party on the California ballot, it is imperative that the Peace and Freedom Party continues as a qualified party. Quite simply, the Peace and Freedom Party will not be able to provide Californians with candidates that will represent us unless we register and vote Peace and Freedom.